Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes | English Heritage
Cartimandua was the ruler of the Brigantes, an Iron Age people of northern Britain, and the first documented queen to reign in part of the British Isles. She ruled over a large area and became …
Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes - Historic UK
Excavations during the 1980s at Stanwick Iron Age Fort, 8 miles to the north of Richmond in Yorkshire, have led to the conclusion that the fort was probably Cartimandua’s capital and …
Cartimandua - Queen of the Brigantes - a powerful Briton in …
Jan 4, 2023 · But very few people have heard about Yorkshire’s equivalent Cartimandua who ruled much of the North during the same period. At the time of the Roman invasion, an Iron …
Cartimandua and the Brigantes - The University of Warwick
Aug 13, 2021 · They were quite possibly the largest tribe in Britain and although there are no written sources to tell us anything about them prior to the Roman invasion, there is plenty of …
Cartimandua – Brigantes Nation
Her name was Cartimandua (c. 43 to c. 70 AD), and she ruled over an association of clans and tribes called the Brigantes.
Reclaiming Cartimandua: The Overlooked Celtic Queen Who …
May 26, 2024 · Excavations at Stanwick have uncovered a massive Iron Age fortification that was likely one of Cartimandua‘s strongholds (Haselgrove, 2016). Covering over 300 hectares, it is …
Cartimandua's Capital? The late Iron Age royal site at Stanwick, …
The late Iron Age earthwork complex at Stanwick, North Yorkshire, enclosing 270ha of farmland in the Tees valley west of Darlington, is among the largest late prehistoric oppida in Europe.
Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes - englishmonarchs.co.uk
Cartimandua reigned in Brigantia from circa 43 to circa 69 AD. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, Cartimandua concluded a treaty with the emperor Claudius and she and her …
Great Britons: Cartimandua – Queen of Brigantia - Anglotopia.net
Sep 11, 2018 · Excavations have found an Iron Age sword in a wooden scabbard, iron horse-fittings, and the burial of a man with a horse’s head placed under the body. Maiden Castle is …
Cartimandua's capital? - Archaeology Data Service
The excavations yielded an unusually large finds assemblage for an Iron Age site in northern England, including a remarkable series of imports drawn from across the Roman western …